Actions Against Fraud
Republicans are on the front lines to root out waste, fraud and abuse of the federal government by large criminal conspiracies.
Accordingly, I am taking additional steps to continue the Republicans’ War on Fraud.
Earlier this year, I helped lead investigations into Medicaid fraud. Together with Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Brett Guthrie, and the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman, Congressman John Joyce, we probed ongoing fraud in numerous State Medicaid programs.
Our Committee investigations extended to fraud-ridden States such as California, Minnesota and New York.
As a result of our investigative work, which shows nationwide trends in Medicare and Medicaid fraud costing American taxpayers billions of dollars every year, we produced a comprehensive staff report to shed a light on our findings.
The report makes several recommendations.
One is to strengthen federal program integrity guidelines.
Minimum qualifications, screening risk standards for providers of equipment and services, and more frequent screenings as well as background checks for providers are fraud-preventative actions that federal authorities can push.
Another recommendation is to improve States’ capacity to prevent fraud before it occurs.
It is clear that some States make patients more vulnerable to fraud due to weak oversight measures. If this lack of oversight action is maintained at its current trajectory, this problem will continue to persist and grow, allowing fraudsters access to valuable health care dollars and thus robbing resources from patients that need them.
For example, some States like Virginia exercise provider screening and investigative audits. These program integrity tools and practices must be fully applied in more States.
That is why our report also encourages the employment of innovative tools to improve fraud detection capabilities.
Artificial intelligence technologies can complement the above oversight actions to help States better track unusual and fraudulent activity.
As a solution to the highlighted problems, the Committee recently unveiled a package of policies that help combat fraudulent activities, protect public health programs and serve vital health care resources to patients.
As part of this policy package, I introduced H.R. 10621 – the Medicaid Fraud Fighting and Taxpayer Protection Act.
My bill targets Medicaid fraud by incentivizing States to take steps, such as implementing program integrity tools, that investigate fraud and protect federal health care programs.
The incentive provided by my bill allows States to receive an increased portion of the federal dollars saved when they identify fraud. This saved money can then be used to support numerous State programs like those in Virginia.
Ongoing fraudulent activities recently impacted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in Virginia.
In Lynchburg, officials notified residents that more than $60,000 in SNAP benefits were stolen from Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards in the month of August! It is believed that fraudsters stole private EBT card information and used the money loaded onto the cards to make purchases.
Cardinal News reported that this crime represented a 21-fold increase in food aid fraud.
Even worse, no system was in place to provide the Lynchburg SNAP theft victims with reimbursement of their stolen benefits.
Thus, the victims found themselves squeezed into a desperate situation.
Already faced with challenging health and financial conditions, SNAP recipients who lose access to all or a portion of their benefits will struggle to get by.
That is why I am promoting a measure that cracks down on fraud impacting SNAP benefits and supports victims of SNAP theft.
I am co-sponsor of H.R. 3887 – the SNAP Anti-Theft and Victim Compensation Act.
This anti-fraud bill creates new civil penalties for any person who knowingly accesses, uses or transfers SNAP benefits.
Additionally, the bill provides that States can use SNAP benefits to reimburse households whose benefits are stolen due to no fault of their own.
These are some policies that can complement the ongoing work of federal efforts that are saving taxpayers billions and bringing bad guys to justice.
Whether you are a recipient of Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP or some other federal public health program, the benefits belong to you, not some criminal actor which are often part of international criminal conspiracies.
I am proud to continue my efforts that target fraud, protect valuable resources for patients and provide leadership for our War on Fraud.
If you have questions, concerns, or comments, feel free to contact my office. You can call my Abingdon office at 276-525-1405 or my Christiansburg office at 540-381-5671. To reach my office via email, please visit my website at https://morgangriffith.house.gov/. Also on my website is the latest material from my office, including information on votes recently taken on the floor of the House of Representatives.
October 3, 2026 @ 9:21 pm
GOP looking for fraud? That’s rich. They need look no further than the White House.
October 3, 2026 @ 6:25 pm
Voting you Out.
October 3, 2026 @ 4:20 pm
This man is spouting republican lies. They have helped no one but the rich
October 3, 2026 @ 3:51 pm
They only chose to investigate so-called “blue” states. Yeah, that’s oversight.
October 3, 2026 @ 3:35 pm
Just not against fraud among the maggot regime 🤷♀️
Openly trying to buy another election is fraud
October 3, 2026 @ 2:25 pm
Hope to hell we kick you out of office SOON
October 3, 2026 @ 2:03 pm
There’s a lot of truth wrapped in some very generous political framing here.
Yes, Medicaid and Medicare fraud are serious problems, and your committee investigated them. But this wasn’t Republicans suddenly discovering fraud. GAO, HHS-OIG, CMS and DOJ have been documenting and investigating these problems for years.
And importantly, **improper payments are not the same thing as fraud.** GAO reported more than $100 billion in Medicare and Medicaid improper payments in 2023, but specifically cautioned that improper payments include errors and overpayments, not just fraud. GAO also estimated $233-$521 billion in fraud across the *entire federal government*, not Medicare and Medicaid alone.
Even your committee’s own report acknowledges that there is **no precise estimate of annual Medicare or Medicaid fraud**.
So when you say your investigation showed Medicare and Medicaid fraud costing taxpayers billions every year, that may be broadly true, but presenting it as though your investigation discovered those billions is misleading. Much of the underlying problem was already extensively documented by federal watchdogs.
Likewise, introducing a bill isn’t the same as implementing it, and cosponsoring H.R. 3887 isn’t the same as authoring it.
The fraud problem is real. The question is how much credit politicians should get for “discovering” a problem federal watchdogs have been documenting for decades.
Stop inflating what you have done. We all have received your copy/paste letter responses in the mail. You do nothing but recycle someone else’s work and beg for a vote at the end.